Reef/Fish

[salt nate]

I have heard that one way to get in trouble with your reef is having too many fish. I guess this is because of all the excess nutrients?
I have a 3.5" Foxface, 6 line wrasse, two ocellaris clowns, and a Lmb
Can I add a few more small reef fish? Any suggestions?

 

[maryg]

What size tank? What kind of filtration? Don't worry I am a overstocker too! I just clean the filters alot. Lol...

 

[salt nate]

75 gallon
wet dry/sump
no fuge yet, will be adding one
lots of flow
use chemi pure religiously
20% water changes every two weeks
parameters are always pretty perfect(but my ph gets low sometimes)
How much do you have?

 

[maryg]

55 gallon:
wet/dry sump.
HOB filter
HOB mini fuge
K4 PH
Orbit PC lighting
60+ lbs LR
30 lbs LS
assorted snails
blue legs
SS starfish
Serpent Starfish
Lettuce Nubibranch
cleaner shrimp
3 peppermint shrimp
royal gramma
pair false percs
Kole Tang
Sixline wrasse
scooter blenny
3 engineer gobies
LPS, SPS, and softies
90 Gallon:
Sump wet/dry
HOB fuge
K4 Koralia
Powersweep 228 PH
Nova Extreme Pro
110+ lbs LR
60 lbs LS
assorted snails
blue legs
SS starfish
Serpent Starfish
cleaner shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
1 LTA
Assorted corals
Pair of Clarki's
Bangai cardinal
Sixline wrasse
Mandarin
2 engineer gobies
Yellow Watchman
3 Jerkface green chromis
Pair or Lyretail Anthias (1m,1f)
1 blue fin pygmy angel

 

[silencio530]

dang .....nice

 

[crabbychris]

that is alot of fish in a 90!!!!! If you can do it then I'm gonna do it!!

 

[rotarymagic]

the lack of a fuge really hurts how much you can stock a tank with fish.

 

[maryg]

I have a nice HOB fuge full of culepera and Chaeto some LR and LS. This pic is from when I just set it up. It is full now.

 

[maryg]

Where is Indian Harbour. I have a extra 29 gallon I still have running that would be a great fuge.

 

[nycbob]

Originally Posted by salt nate
http:///forum/post/2877638
I have heard that one way to get in trouble with your reef is having too many fish. I guess this is because of all the excess nutrients?
I have a 3.5" Foxface, 6 line wrasse, two ocellaris clowns, and a Lmb
Can I add a few more small reef fish? Any suggestions?
u didnt mention how much lr u hv. what is ur nitrate level? if ur nitrate level is near 0, and hv enough lr, then u can add a few small fish. what fish do u hv in mind?

 

[stanlalee]

you probably could. I would leave it right there but you is not me. a few small fish probably isn't going to make or break a 75g reef.

 

[salt nate]

I have 60lbs of live sand and 60 lbs of live rock, heres some pics....
oh, and I just took out both clowns cause they were beating up the foxface!
so now I have a foxface, lmb, and a sixline..thats it! I guess the clowns answered my question!
What should I get now?????????????

 

[salt nate]

 

[patrick8929]

i would get a pair of black and white clowns. very cool fish! and a purple fire fish

 

[salt nate]

I just had to get rid of my other clowns cause they beat up my foxface! NO more clowns!

 

[doggiepuffer]

Overstocker here as well LOL. It so easy to overstock, even before you really know that you have done it. In Int he 90g I am placing about 150# of LR, and using one the companents in the Wet/Dry as a Refiguim, i have alot of Cheato in my 30 Gallon anyway.

 

[patrick8929]

Originally Posted by salt nate
http:///forum/post/2879991
I just had to get rid of my other clowns cause they beat up my foxface! NO more clowns!

you can still get clowns. did the others go in before the foxface?